Christian Financial Principles

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Christian Financial Principles
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Elements of a Financial Plan

• Prayer
• Determine What God Says About Finances (including
  proper attitude toward money things)
• Consider Your Attitudes and Outlook Toward Money
  and Material Things
• Determine Your Financial Position
• Establish Goals
• Develop a Management Plan
• More Prayer
• Start Today

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The Plan Itself

• Purpose to Prove God (Malachi 310)
• Determine Your Position
• What God Has Given You (What You Own)
• How You Use Gods Gifts (How You Spend)
• Are You In Debt ?
• Set Goals (Giving, Saving, Spending)
• Create a Written Budget (computer?)
• Adjust Your Habits Live In Budget

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The Plan Itself

• Keep Your Budget up to Date
• Evaluate What You Spend Monthly
• Figure Out Where the Cash Goes
• Revise the Goals, Revise the Budget but not the
  Plan
• Follow The Plan

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The Plan Itself

• Follow it!
• When You Mess Up, Start Over
• Pray (for Wisdom Helpnot a change in
  circumstances)
• Ask Folks For Advice, Help And Encouragement

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Goals

• Set Biblical Goals
• Honor God (Firstfruits)
• Lack for Nothing (Trust God for Necessities)
• Not So Much that You Stop Depending on God
• Spread the Gospel (Missions)
• Give / Provide for Others In Need (Alms)
• Not Worldly Goals !!!
• Materialism (Get More Things)
• Position (Impress Others)
• Financial Security (or so you think)
• Comfortable Life

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Dont Compare or Compete

• Keeping Up With the Jones
• Comparing Yourself With Others
• Always consider Gods Purpose for You!
• Dont Compete With His Purpose for You

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Budget

• A Tool Not A Weapon
• Keep Track of What You Spend
• A Way To Manage Your Finances
• You Are Budgeting
• A Budget is A Forecast

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Making Good Financial DecisionsFrom Now On

• Is it something that I want or need?
• Can I afford it without adding debt?
  (Does it fit in my budget?)
• Will going ahead with it violate anything God
  says in the Bible?
• Have I prayed about it and received Gods answer
  to my prayer?
• Do I know it is Gods will for me?
• Will God be pleased with my decision?
• Am I robbing God?